Graham Greene

Graham Greene (June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025) was a Canadian actor of Oneida heritage, born on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Ontario. Over more than four decades he became one of the most recognised Indigenous actors in film and television.

His breakthrough came as the Lakota holy man Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990), a role that earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Greene went on to appear in Thunderheart (1992), Maverick (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and The Green Mile (1999), and played Harry Clearwater in two films of The Twilight Saga.

On television he was a familiar face in series such as Northern Exposure, Longmire, 1883, Reservation Dogs and Tulsa King, and he also worked extensively on stage in Canada.

Greene died in a Toronto hospital on September 1, 2025, at the age of 73, after a long illness.